The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 23, 1919
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:48 AM
6:57 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -41
Events on this date
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Jupiter and Neptune close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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September equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere and spring in the southern.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.0° / 159.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 29m / -1.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.48° / -4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.41° / 6.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.95° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.